Susanna Freymark
Terry Collins lost his Coraki home in the floods.
As the town’s snake catcher, he doesn’t have time to process the loss as he is too busy catching brown snakes that are seeking high, dry ground.
“I prioritise snake catching and can’t look at what I’ve lost,” Terry said.
“It will break my heart, I’ve lost everything.
“As long as we’re not in a morgue, we can rebuild.”
In between the clean-up, he is getting calls about snakes.
“I caught my first red bellied black today,” Terry said.
He can’t say how many he has caught this week, “too many to count”, he said.
